A New Style for a New Year: Whimsical

by Joannie McBride

Scrapbook a whimsical Style

Give yourself permission to switch up your scrapbooking style this year with the ideas we're presenting in a year-long series of articles featured in Creating Keepsakes magazine. Try scrapbooking with a whimsical look. To get started, check out Joey Manwarren's Classy scrapbooking style, followed by her take on a whimsical layout. She's included some of the challenges she faced, and offers some solutions on how to successfully scrapbook a layout using a whimsical approach.

A. I was afraid to try a less orderly style. My personality usually requires a neat and organized layout. I found that, once I got over my initial reservations, I enjoyed creating something that was more sporadic and not so rigid.

Q. How did this new style help you tell your story?

A. This new style helped me to better communicate my story because it coordinated with the theme of my layout. My subject matter and story were lighthearted, so it was appropriate to scrap in a whimsical style.